Simon Fraser (died 1306)

Simon Fraser (died 8 September 1306) was a Scottish knight during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Biography
Simon Fraser was the son of the elder Simon Fraser, who died in 1291, and he became a knight in the service of King John Balliol. He was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296 and sent to prison in England, but he was released to serve in King Edward I of England's expedition to Flanders in 1297. In 1299, his lands and titles were restored following his service at the Battle of Falkirk, and he fought for the English until 1301, when he defected to the Scots. He fought at the 1303 Battle of Roslin, and he refused to swear fealty to King Edward, instead fighting alongside William Wallace. In June 1304, he was captured by the English and forced to help them in their hunt for Wallace. In March 1306, Fraser once again defected, joining Robert Bruce. He escaped from the defeat at the Battle of Methven, but he was captured at Kirkencliff later that year, taken to London, hanged, drawn, and quartered, and his head impaled on a spike at London Bridge next to Wallace's head.